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- MAY 11, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. FIVE CONVICTED SEX MURDERERS HANGED
Iran hanged five men convicted of burning a young woman alive after raping her, at a prison in the central city of Qom, the government newspaper Iran reported.
- MAY 10, 2008United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
William Neukom, the President of the American Bar Association, addressed the graduating class
- MAY 9, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA SEES 30% DROP IN DEATH PENALTY
Chinese courts handed down about 30 percent fewer death penalties last year compared with 2006, sources from a forum revealed.
- MAY 9, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. MAN ON DEATH ROW FREED
a man sentenced to death in Kenya was set free after a High Court accused police
- MAY 9, 2008South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: MILITARY MAY ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF SUPERIORS
the South Korean government is seeking to revise the country's military penal code that imposes the death penalty for the murder of one's superior, sources said.
- MAY 9, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR AWARDED DEATH SENTENCES FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
in Multan, Pakistan, Additional District & Session Judge Mian Masood Hussain awarded the death sentence and fines of Rs.0.5 million each to four men for drug smuggling.
- MAY 9, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN URGED TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW
Japan faced calls for abolishing capital punishment at the working session of the UN Human Rights Council to review the country's human rights record.
- MAY 9, 2008PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES NO DEATH PENALTY FOR ‘SALVAGERS’
the House of Representatives Committee on Justice in the Philippines rejected the restoration of the death penalty for salvage that was contained in a bill.
- MAY 9, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY/LIBYA: D'ELIA, ‘ENOUGH’ TO LIBYAN BLACKMAIL
we have to say ‘enough’ to the politics of threats and blackmail that the Libyan authorities have used for a long time," Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain said.
- MAY 8, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. LAWYERS COMPLAIN TO UN OVER RISING EXECUTIONS
Japanese lawyers criticised the rising number of executions carried out in the country,
- MAY 8, 2008LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
LIBERIA. RIGHTS GROUPS CONCERNED OVER DEATH PENALTY LEGISLATION
human rights groups in Liberia expressed concern over a law approved
- MAY 8, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
EP. REPORT BY CAPPATO ON HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD APPROVED
the European Parliament in Brussels approved the Report by Marco Cappato (Italian Radicals